Note: Due to recent Google algorithm updates, it is no longer advised to place banners above the fold on your website.

Once my site started getting good daily traffic, I started experimenting with different ads and banners hoping to gain some insight into what people like to click. The banner sizes I chose were based on recommended ad sizes according to the Adsense team. Who would know better than Google about who clicks what right?

So far I'm very pleased with the results. The click through rate for my WA banners based on my daily visitors is usually 10% or better! More clicks than my Adsense ads ever got.



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KD6PAO Premium
Thanks for the info Steve...
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Trialynn Premium
Thanks for the info!
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AlexSol Premium
Great to hear you are seeing good CTR with banners.

However, I'd like to point out that I did NOT see any banners on your site (I am using AdBlock Plus). I had to disable the Adblock to see the ads.

I would suggest grabbing the images from WA. Uploading to your site and then using them as banners. This way Adblock and similar programs won't block it - so more people will see them.

- Alex
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steveo5770 Premium
You could go that route as well. Many people were having a hard time making their banners clickable so I thought I'd cover that here. Thanks for the heads up.
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youbetcha Premium
This is great stuff! Thanks for letting us know.
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steveo5770 Premium
Thank you! I hope you'll try it out :)
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zhushika Premium
I'm a real newbie here. Did you place the banners on places like facebook? Also what size did they recommend or does that vary according to where you are placing them?
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steveo5770 Premium
I don't do anything with Facebook. Did you read all 4 pages? I was pretty specific about banner sizes.
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